Zero, I've baggage troubles before that could have caused major problems if I had not had a supply of common-caliber ammunition on board, and I do believer that I'm being quite realistic on all counts.
I agree with that 100%. The last thing you want is a logistical screwup to spoil a hunt. However, as they say in Africa, there is always a plan. The mark of a good outfitter is to quickly find a solution to a problem of any nature. The rest of the responsibility rests on the client�s shoulders.
Just make sure you have a plan in place if something happens to your bags or rifles. After all it�s Africa, anything can happen, but I would be hard pressed to leave behind my .416 Dakota for fear that my bags might not show up on time.
Posts: 10780 | Location: Test Tube | Registered: 27 February 2001
ALF - Without question the new laws in RSA are a joke and seems to be a trend in many nations. Brazil just enacted very similar laws making it impossible to legally own a firearm much less temporally import one for hunting.
Unless the majority is willing to fight for these rights, I am afraid this will become the norm rather than the exception. Hopefully, the RSA government will see that their laws will negatively impact hunting and thus tourist dollars. If it hits them in the wallet, then they may listen to reason.
Posts: 10780 | Location: Test Tube | Registered: 27 February 2001
Quote: Unless the majority is willing to fight for these rights, I am afraid this will become the norm rather than the exception.
This is now being pushed strongly by the UN. All you anti-American UN lovers better wake up. If you want to retain any personal gun rights, you'd better realize who the enemy is: it's the UN and all those who think the UN is something good.
Posts: 5883 | Location: People's Republic of Maryland | Registered: 11 March 2001
I consider wildcat cartridges to be not only a waste of time, but a logistical mindblower.
The truth is, there is absolutely nothing that any wildcat cartridge offers than a standard factory cartridge does not in terms of performance on game. The idea of risking any part of an expensive, important hunt on the other side of the world to a cartridge that can only obtained back here in the good ol' U.S. of A., or specifically at your own reloading bench back home is a less-than-stellar idea.
Personaly, I won't risk a hunt for the sake of a theoretical cartridge that offers no significant advantage. It's the worst kind of stupidity......
